Mattress



Jan. 3, 1933.

D. PENNER ET AL 1,892,679

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ATTORNEYS g Wmvzmorzfi BY v M w 4 Patented Jan. 1933 DANIEL PENNER ANDISRAEL FEINTUCH, OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK MATTRESS Application filedOctober 22, 1930. Serial No. 490,348.

mattresses, cushions, pillows and the like,'asi

used by persons while at rest in a reclining or sitting position, andalthough'the description and showing reveal the invention as being inthe form of a bed mattress, it will be understood that sizes andproportions maybe varied at will. 7

Ordinarily mattresses may be turned to 10 present either end at the headand also either side uppermost; occasionally they are made in suchmanner that one side has a different feel or texture, relatively soft orhard, and some have fixedly incorporated in them metallicspringsas aunit. In the present development it is an ob ject to provide. amattress, using the term generically, so constructed as to permit re-*versing of its sides and furthermore, which can be inverted or in otherwords turned in side out, thereby presenting double the num{ ber ofsurfaces available in an ordinary mattress, together with correspondingchanges in kind and color of facing material,

A further'fea'ture is in the provision of a mattress made in two"substantially equal body sections hingedly engaged atgone of" theiredges and provided with means for defltachably connecting their freeedges, along their entire lengths, when the sections are in operativeposition with either side exposed;

ing equal body sections, invertibly connected, with partitions, spacedparallel between their outer surfaces,providing chambers each to befilledwith different material, as curled hair, feathers, lambs wool,cotton ,batts, 'kapok,

silk floss, etc., etc., whereby a'diversifi'ed yielding effect may beobtained by turning the mattress to'present the preferred side;

uppermost. v,

A still further feature is to producea mattress formed of connectedsections which may be spaced, and a unitary spring elementvremovablyengageable in the space,interme.diate the body sections. 4

7 These and other advantageous objectsare attained by the novel andpractical construction, combination and arrangement of "partshereinafter described'and shown'in the accompanying drawings,constituting an important component of this disclosure, and in whichFigure 1 is a perspective View of a mattress embodying the features ofthe invention.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1,showinga preferred form. t V

Figure 3 is a fractional sectional View of the mattress drawn to anenlarged scale.

F igure 4 is another sectional View showing a modified form ofconstruction mainly consisting of the interposition of a spring bodybetween the mattress sections.

'F1'gure'5 is a fragmentary transverse sectlonal View showing the rollededges of the mattress more closely drawn together as when undercompression.

The mattress illustrated in Figure l is of the usual elongatedrectangular type in its general appearance and will be seen to consistof two body sections 10 and 11 substantially equal in their generaldimensions.

Each section is enclosed in a casing made of any preferred woven textilefabric, as damask ticking, the opposite sides of each section as A and Bvarying as maybe preferred in kind and color of fabric, so that when thesections are inverted as to present a different appearance, or ifpreferred, each so v ma differ from an of the 0th Another aim is toprovide a mattress. hav- 7 y y erg 12 is a strip of strong fabric 15 anda similar strip 16 is attached in like manner adjacent the proximaterolled edges 13, the arrangement being such that either of the stripsmay beposltioned outwardly in accordance with the positionof thesections 10-11.

.As seen in Figures 2 and 3 the tickings A-A are outermost and so is thestrip 15;

but upon inverting the sections to present the tickings' B-B outwardly,by folding the sections reversely from that shown, the strip 16 would beon the outside, as these two strips 1 at both ends, the strips 15-16 areboth out longitudinally to present members 15', 16',

, each pair of strip edges being provided with hookless fastenerelements 17-18 served by a runner 19 arranged for manual operation fromeach side, as obviously it will be reversed when the mattress bodyportions are turned inside out.

The space between the strips 15l6 is preferably padded as at 20 toconstitute a cushion border on each of the four sides giving anattractive box-like appearance and increasing the comfort of its use.

The preferred form, seen in Figure 2,

shows flexible sheet partitions 2122 ex tended midway the coverings A-Band secured by sewing to each of the four edges of both sectionsrespectively.

These partitions form two individual chambers in each of the mattressbody sec-' tions and may be filled with any preferred material, as thecurled hair in chamber 23, kapok or silk floss in chamber 24, feathersor lambs wool in chamber 25 and cotton batts in chamber 26, these beingused selectively to suit cold or hot seasons, and conditions and comfortof the individual using the mattress, any preferred substance beingbrought into operative position by proper manipulation.

If it be desired a spring action may be obtained by inserting betweenthe two main body sections 10l1, a removable section composed of aseries of conical or spirally wound springs 28 suitably secured at theiropposite ends by cross connections 29 to constitute a unit, which may becovered with burlap or other strong fabric.

This arrangement is possible due to the flexibility of the paddedborders 20, andby reason of the ready reversibility of the main sectionsany of the four surfaces may be placed outermost.

It is further noted that insecticides, germicides, disinfectants,Perfumery, and the like, may be placed between the sections in the formof crystals, spraying or any convenient form.

Although the improvements have been described with considerable detailand with respect to certain particular forms of the invention, it is notdesiredto be limited to such details since many changes andmodifications may well be made without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention .in its broadest aspect.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desiredto secure by Letters Patent, is

A bed mattress comprising two substantially equal stufied rectangularportions, each having padded rolls extending circumambiently along theirupper and lower peripheral edges, 9. pair of fabric hinge strips ofuniform width attached at the junction of each roll and itscorresponding peripheral edge to extend from one portion to the otheralong one of their side edges, separate fabric strips attached at one oftheir edges in paired relation at the junction of each roll and itscorresponding peripheral edge to extend around the opposite side edgeand both end edges, padding interposed between the strips on'said sidesand edges, and slidable means for connecting and disconnecting theunsecured edges of said separate strips.

In testimony whereof we aiiix our signatures.

DANIEL PENNER.

ISRAEL FEINTUCH.

